2006-11-06 03:35:00 · 30 answers · asked by dre 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no. you do not need to change your religion. learn to love one another but find a way to connect together in other ways if not spiritually.
2006-11-06 05:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, religion is a way of life. u can't just think of how much u love your partner, u got to take into account what joining a religion really means.
what happens if the religion requires u to go to bible study every monday,wednesday and friday and mass on sundays. u would be giving up 4 days and 16hrs out of your week to practice a religion u have no belief in. then u may have to donate a percentage of what u earn to an organization u have not belief in. religion is a way of life, u would have to change your whole way of living to be with your partner. to convert from christianity to islam or vice versa is hard. or to go from no religion to jehovahs witness. love is sometimes not enough when dealing with something as important as religion, shouldn't be taken so lightly.
2006-11-06 03:55:40 · answer #2 · answered by Miki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say No... you are an individual and your religious beliefs are also part of your individuality... it would not be fair to yourself to compromise in this way...
whereas i also know some people are very orthodox and it means a lot to them to marry into the same religion - this is especially true in case of parents wanting to marry off their children to ppl of the same religious persuasion.
look within yourself and ask yourself if you truly love this person and are willing to change yourself for her sake... also ask her the same question...
i wish i could give a regular YES or NO answer - but that would be like closing one eye to the world.
hope u make the right decision.
2006-11-06 03:45:39 · answer #3 · answered by KayDee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody who first comes to yahoo answers, asks too many questions and answers nobody elses. Does this mean they are too selfish to help anyone else? Yes, and with such a state of mind, changing ones religous preferance will only weaken your own ability to follow Gods path. Even in the Old Testament, its taught that one must not change ones religion for ones mate, so why even ask?
2006-11-06 03:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by Marcus R. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you change your religion just to be married to someone, then you are not a true believer in either religion and your intended spouse should not ask this of you if he/she truely loves you.
2006-11-06 03:46:13 · answer #5 · answered by remix68us 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnt change my religion to marry some girl. I just hope that she never expects me to either.
2006-11-06 03:37:08 · answer #6 · answered by Zach 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Naah, I figure they know who I am and what I'm about when they decided to marry me. If they have a problem with that then why ask me to marry them in the first place?
Love & Light
Sharon
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2006-11-06 03:51:08 · answer #7 · answered by Soul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, I do not know how this would be possible for anyone...Even if I practiced another religion for my wife, which I might be willing to do, I couldn't change my beliefs. I can't imagine saying "Since I love this woman, then I will believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins." Is this even possible?
2006-11-06 03:40:48 · answer #8 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you mean by religion.
Christian to muslim, buddhist or pagan or vice-versa - never.
Baptist to lutheran, methodist, non-denominational, catholic - it would depend on the church and what their core beliefs/teachings are.
My husband is a lutheran and I'm a non-denominational. It wasn't required that either of us change to get married but our core beliefs are same-same. I'm in the process of becoming adult confirmed so I can take the sacrament at the church we both chose to attend, which happens to be lutheran.
2006-11-06 03:40:04 · answer #9 · answered by parsonsel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. It would be disrespectful to them and their religion for me to "convert" when I don't believe their teachings. I would hope that they wouldn't feel that I should be forced to make that decision, a marriage should be based on mutual respect. A civil service is just as legal.
2006-11-06 03:39:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋